Maxwell Jacob Friedman
Maxwell Tyler Friedman, better known by the ring name Maxwell Jacob Friedman (often shortened to the initials MJF), is an American professional wrestler who made his professional wrestling debut in 2015 for Create A Pro Wrestling. He signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2019 and is a three-time AEW World Champion, including a record-setting first reign of 406 days, and is also a one-time AEW International Champion. In addition to wrestling, Friedman has pursued acting roles, appearing in The Iron Claw (2023), where he portrayed Lance Von Erich, and in Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) alongside Adam Sandler. He was also featured on Impractical Jokers, a hidden-camera comedy series centered on four lifelong friends who challenge one another to complete embarrassing public dares. Friedman previously worked for Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he became a one-time MLW World Tag Team Champion and the inaugural MLW World Middleweight Champion. He has also competed on the American independent circuit, including Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where he became a one-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion and a one-time CZW Wired Champion. Ranked No. 6 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI 500 in 2023, Friedman won Feud of the Year in back-to-back years for his rivalries with Chris Jericho in 2021 and CM Punk in 2022, while also being voted Most Hated Wrestler of the Year in both years. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter named him Best on Interviews in 2021 and 2022 and Most Charismatic in 2020, 2022, and 2023.
102 acting credits
Acting · 102
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
2023
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
AEW Dark
2019
Happy Gilmore 2
2025
The Iron Claw
2023
Hollywood Demons
2025
Hey! (EW)
2022
MLW Fusion
2018
AEW Double or Nothing 2026
2026
Catalyst Wrestling
2017
Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two
2023
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
AEW Revolution 2026
2026
Violent Night 2
2026
Chris Jericho's 30th Anniversary Celebration
2020
AEW Dynasty 2026
2026
The Floaters
2026
AEW Double or Nothing 2025
2025
AEW WrestleDream 2024
2024
AEW Double or Nothing 2023
2023
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
2022
All In
2018
AEW: WrestleDream 2023
2023
AEW All Out 2020
2020
AEW Road Rager
2021
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
2021
AEW Full Gear 2021
2021
AEW All Out 2025
2025
AEW Full Gear 2020
2020
AEW Revolution 2025
2025
AEW Worlds End 2023
2023
AEW Fight for the Fallen
2019
AEW Dynasty 2025
2025
AEW All Out 2024
2024
AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show
2020
AEW Worlds End 2024
2024
AEW Grand Slam Australia 2026
2026
AEW Full Gear 2022
2022
AEW All In 2023: London
2023
Stranglehold
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AEW Bash at the Beach
2020
AEW: Dynamite Awards
2021
Beyond Wrestling & WWR Present "Lit Up"
2018
CMLL 92nd Anniversary Show
2025
AEW All In 2024: London
2024
AEW Beach Break 2022
2022
AEW Double or Nothing 2020
2020
AEW All Out 2021
2021
AEW Fyter Fest
2019
AEW Full Gear 2019
2019
AEW Grand Slam
2021
AEW Revolution 2022
2022
AEW All Out 2022
2022
AEW Fyter Fest
2021
AEW Fyter Fest
2020
AEW Full Gear 2024
2024
AEW Revolution 2023
2023
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023
2023
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024
2024
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
2016
AEW Double or Nothing 2019: The Buy In
2019
AEW Awards
2022
AEW Revolution 2020
2020
AEW Full Gear 2023: Zero Hour
2023
AEW All In 2025: Texas
2025
GCW 400 Degreez
2019
AEW Winter is Coming
2020
AEW Revolution 2021
2021
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2024 - Road To The Anniversary
2024
AEW Beach Break
2021
All Elite Wrestling Double or Nothing 2020
2020
AIW Ain't Nothing But A Gangsta Party
2018
Wrestlecon Supershow 2018
2018
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025
2025
AEW All In 2023: London - Zero Hour
2023
CZW Nineteen
2018
MLW War Games 2018
2018
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 2
2019
MLW Battle Riot
2018
WrestleCircus The Squared Ring Circus
2017
AEW Full Gear 2023
2023
CZW: Better Than Our Best
2018
WSU King and Queen of the Ring
2017
CZW: Sacrifices
2017
AEW Winter Is Coming
2021
AEW All Out 2023
2023
Making MJF (Maxwell Jacob Friedman)
2018
MLW Saturday Night SuperFight
2019
AIW Slumber Party Massacre
2019
House of Hardcore 39
2018
AEW Worlds End 2025
2025
All Elite Wrestling Fight for the Fallen 2019
2019
GCW Joey Janela's Lost In New York
2018
RevPro High Stakes 2019
2019
AAW Path Of Redemption 2018
2018
CZW Proving Grounds 2018
2018
PWG: SIXTEEN
2019
AEW Dynamite: Beach Break 2025
2025
Alpha-1 wrestling Presents Another Long Halloween
2018
AAW Showdown 2018
2018
Sorry You're Watching This: MJEFF
2019